[Prevalence and characterization of hearing loss in workers exposed to industrial noise of the turbogenerated electric plant of a petrochemical industry].

The purpose of the present study was to assess the impact of occupational exposure to noise and its relationship with other factors that can induce hearing loss in the electric plant workers of a petrochemical industry of the west of Venezuela. A cross-sectional study was conducted that included sonometry tests, carried out according to the established methodology by COVENIN rules, and the occupational medical evaluation and liminal tonal audiometrics test in 75 workers. The equivalent noise levels (Leq) was quantified in different workplaces.

[Serum cortisol levels in pre and post journal labor and non auditory manifestations in noise exposed workers of a brewer industry].

The purpose of this work was to determine the effects of environmental noise in the serum cortisol levels pre and post journal labor and the presence of non-auditory manifestations in workers of a brewer industry. A transversal study was carried out selecting at random 40 workers exposed to noise from the packing area, with ages between 20 and 55 years; and 40 workers from the administrative area without occupational exposition. The exposition was established by means of a medical-occupational history.

[Organizational stress and noise exposure in workers at the packing plant of a brewer factory].

The purpose of this study was to identify and to evaluate the psychosocial factors that produce organizational stress in workers at the packing plant of a brewering industry, and to determine the influence of industrial noise in the occurrence of stress at work. The Questionnaire of Organizational Stress of the ILO/WHO was applied to 163 workers to evaluate psychosocial factors at work, and the socio-demographic characteristics were explored on an individual basis. The equivalent continuous sound level (Leq) was determined and the octave band were determined with a sonometer according to the COVENIN guidelines.